azymus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos), from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“to mix in”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /azˈzyː.mus/, [äz̪ˈd̪͡z̪yːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈd͡zi.mus/, [äd̪ˈd̪͡z̪iːmus]

Adjective

azȳmus (feminine azȳma, neuter azȳmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unleavened, tharf
2. pure, uncorrupted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	azȳmus	azȳma	azȳmum		azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳma
Genitive	azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳmī		azȳmōrum	azȳmārum	azȳmōrum
Dative	azȳmō		azȳmō		azȳmīs
Accusative	azȳmum	azȳmam	azȳmum		azȳmōs	azȳmās	azȳma
Ablative	azȳmō	azȳmā	azȳmō		azȳmīs
Vocative	azȳme	azȳma	azȳmum		azȳmī	azȳmae	azȳma

Derived terms

• azȳma

Descendants

• English: azymous (“unleavened, unfermented”)
• French: azyme
• Galician: asmo; → ácimo
• Italian: azzimo
• Portuguese: ázimo
• Spanish: ácimo

References

• “azymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• azymus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• azymus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.